#3EA3CD#3EA3CD

#3EA3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.111 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EA3CD
RGB	rgb(62, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -15.66, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 33.78, 242.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0719 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.111 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0988, 31.6234, 62.4742)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EA3CD #CD683E

analogous

#3ECDAF #3EA3CD #3E5CCD

triadic

#3EA3CD #CD3EA3 #A3CD3E

tetradic

#3EA3CD #AF3ECD #CD683E #5CCD3E

square

#3EA3CD #AF3ECD #CD683E #5CCD3E

split-complementary

#3EA3CD #CD3E5C #CDAF3E

monochromatic

#1E5A73 #2A80A3 #3EA3CD #6FBADA #9FD1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#3EA3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#3EA3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EA3CD

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EA3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EA3CD	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ea3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.111 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84bedc',
    500: '#3ea3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ea3cd;
$custom-light: #84bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ea3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.622,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67464,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EA3CD

secondary

#D3A794

accent

#7446E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EA3CD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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